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[Clipping: Smoke Protects Fighters]

Description: Bulletin article discussing the advantage of smoke screens to cover the positions of troops, cities, harbors, ships, and camps during WWII. Partial articles on the reverse of the pages discuss military technology and medical research.
Date: July 1, 1944
Creator: Monahan, A. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Press Release: Educational Motion Picture Film Tells Story of Petroleum]

Description: Press release from the U.S. Bureau of Mines describing their newly-released film, “The Evolution of the Oil Industry," which attempts to tell the story of oil starting with biblical referencing, transitioning throughout the eras of modern oil well management. It also provides information about how groups can get copies of the film.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Bureau of Mines.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Personalized Christmas Card Illustration]

Description: Illustration in white text on a blue background, depicting an oil well gushing from a wooden derrick above a cross-section of the ground that has multiple design textures. A legend in the center of the image labels the different "soil" layers as Christmas Joy, Health, and New Years Happiness (oil). Text at the bottom of the page says "Our Wishes for the Bradford #1930, Monte Warner." Handwritten on back: "Appreciate being remembered by your Xmas card. Good luck to you. Monte."
Date: unknown
Creator: Warner, Monte
Item Type: Refine your search to only Artwork
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Notes About Military Personnel]

Description: Handwritten notes with personal information; text: Col. R. R. Mayhew R.A.O.C. gone back to England. QMG Branch Cartier St. Public School Corner of McCloud & Cartier P.O. Box 955 Ottawa, Canada. Capt G. J. Barnes Q.M.G. Exec 4500 Ext 372 Simms."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Letter from Alex Bradford to R. Otis Muenster - December 14, 1943]

Description: Letter from Alex Bradford to R. Otis Muenster discussing Mr. Bradford's current efforts working in New York as a consultant for the New York Fire Department (NYFD). Additional content featured within this correspondence includes comparisons between American firefighting equipment and the rest of the worlds equipment.
Date: December 14, 1943
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: They Called It Reconstruction]

Description: Clipping from the Reader's Digest discussing the period of Reconstruction after the American Civil War and its impact on race relations. The author describes the discrimination against black citizens by state governments that prompted Reconstruction. The author takes the position that Reconstruction was an unnecessary and harmful process that empowered black citizens at the cost of disempowering white citizens. The author develops this idea through a combination of historical facts and anecdot… more
Date: October 1944
Creator: Muller, Edwin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Letter from Alex Bradford to Colonel J. G. O'Rielly - October 14, 1943]

Description: The first letter from Alex Bradford to Colonel O'Rielly discussing the post-war expansion of companies through the support of pro-American sympathizers. The second letter is from Alex Bradford to the sales manager of W. S. Darley & Co. requesting specifications and prices for all portable fire pumps.
Date: 1943
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: Oceania - What to Do About It?]

Description: Newspaper clipping describing the emergence of the continent of Oceania during World War 2 and contextualizing British influence in Oceania's establishment. The second page features a poem called "Morning on Sinai" by Katherine Kennedy.
Date: December 1943
Creator: Cant, Gilbert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: March of Magic]

Description: Clipping detailing the various venues in which magic tricks have been beneficial. The clipping explains the value magicians bring to soldiers in the US Army, to Unitarian congregations, to teachers in the classroom, and to lawyers in the courtroom, amongst others.
Date: unknown
Creator: Perez, Margo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran
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